Game counter and process of making the same



' Dec. 4, 1928.

W. J. MCNALLY GAME COUNTER AND PROCESS CF MAKING THE SAM-E Filed Jurie24, 1927 @gif Patented D/ecl 4, 1928.

UNITED STATES vPATENT OFFICE.

, WILLIAM J. MC'NALLY,- OF FRAMINGHAMpMASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TODENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ACORPORATION OF `lVIASSACIHUSETTS.

GAME COUNTER ANDrRocnss oF MAKING THE sans.

al Application led June 24, 1927. Serial No. 201,135.

This invention relates to game counters, such as poker chips and thelike, and to a method of making the same and has for its principalobject thei provision of a game counter which may be easily andeconomically manufactured from inexpensive materials,

yet which will be durable in use,y lightl 1n weight and attractive inappearance.

Heretofore poker chips have usually been made of ivory, bone,composition substances or laminated bristol board, and have beengenerally satisfactory in use.l All of these materials are, however,more or less expensive and, as the formation of disc-like chips involvesconsiderable waste of material the cost of manufacture necessitates ahigh 'selling price of the products. In order to res duce themaufacturing cost of these articles, I have devised a method of making=poker chips of news board which, as is well known,

is considerably cheaper than bristol board and much less expensive thanivory or bone.

E The process preferably consists in applying a paper sheet to eachsurface of a strip of news board, cutting disc-like portions from. the

strip, pressing the discs thereby rounding their peripheral edges, andbuilding up the composite edge with a composition of vegetable Wax.

t In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the several steps in theprocess and show a recommended form of the improved article, 1

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sheet of news board having a paperstrip applied to each surface;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sheet after several discs have been cutout;

Fig. 3 shows a plan view and an edge view of one of the cut-out discs;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged diametrical section through a vdisc after thepressing operation;

Fig. 5 is a similar view after the application of the wax; and

ter. The several steps of the process may readily be performed by handoperations or by suitable machinery. Preferably, the news 30 board sheet7 of suitable thickness, is me- Fig. 6 is a plan -view of the completedcounchines; and the periphery of the discs is built up linto roundededges by the application of a rapidly solidifying, molten vegetable wax11. The edge may, if desired, be bui'ed or frictionally polished.

It will be noted from Figs. 4 and 5 that the pressing operation tends toround the peripheral edges of the discs, as at 12, and that the Wax 11covers the edges of the paper strips 8 and 9. By providing paper sheetsof the appropriate color and by coloring the wax correspondingly, theresulting poker chip will yhave smooth surfaces and rounded edges ofsubstantially the same texture and tint, and will simulate very closelythe appearance of a bone or ivory cpuntenf It will be found that the waxedge adheres so closely to the periphery of the disc that thecircumferential line of union, as at 13, is scarcely distinguishable.Game counters constructed as aforesaid are substantially aswear-resisting in use as those heretofore provided and will not break asreadily as bbne chips, yet they may be manufactured in quantity atslight cost and sold at'a low price. It will be understood, however,that details of structure may be varied or changes `in the steps of theprocessof manufacture may be practiced without departing from theessence of the invention as delined in the following claims.

I claim 1. A game counter consisting of a bod portion of sheet materialand a paper striii applied upon eachsurface of said sheet, and 1 hailfing a peripheral edgeof wax-like mate-v ria 2. A game countercnsisting of a body portion of sheet material and a 'paper strip appliedupon each surface of the news board, and'having -a rounded peripheraledge of wax-like material.

3. A game counter comp'rising a disc body of sheet material, a paperdisc appliedl upon each surface ofthe disc body, the peripheries of thedisc body and paper discs substantially registering with each other, anda rounded edge of wax-like material, said material extending over thepexipheral edges of the paper discs. v

4. A process of making game counters including as'steps applying paperstrips to the front and back surfaces of a sheet, cutting" a disc fromthe sheet',` and vbuilding up the periphery of the disc with a wax-likesubstance.

5. A process of making game counters in-l cluding as steps applying aperstrips to the front and back surfaces o a sheet, cutting a 5 disc fromthe sheet, pressing the disc and rounding the peripheral ed esthereof,.and

building up the periphery o the disc with a wax-like substance.- v

6. A process of making game counters in- 10 cluding as steps adhesivelyapplying paper strips to the front and back surfaces of, a sheet,cutting a disc from the sheet, pressing the dise` and rounding theperipheral edges thereof, applying a wax-like substance to the edge ofthe disc and over said rounded edges, and rounding the resulting edge.

Signed by me at Framingham, Massachusetts, this twentieth day of June,1927.

. y x .WILLIAM J. MCNALLY.

